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00:00Thank you so much for joining us.
00:35Introducing first, from Columbus, Ohio, Alexa Bliss.
00:43Alexa Bliss will enter the Elimination Chamber for the fourth time in her career.
00:49Second all-time to Liv Morgan, who is at six on the women's side of things.
00:56Alexa Bliss knows what it takes to win the Chamber.
00:59She won the inaugural Women's Chamber match back in 2018.
01:03Yeah, here's a woman with an all-timer resume,
01:07who has been mainly focused on tag action in recent months,
01:11but looking to get back to the very top.
01:14It has been a long time since Alexa Bliss has held World Championship gold.
01:18She gets one step closer tonight with victory inside the Chamber.
01:22All right.
01:31Let's go.
01:33Let's go.
01:34Let's go.
01:47Let's go.
01:52And next, from Osaka, Japan,
01:56gives one half of the Kabuki Warriors, Asuka!
02:02Another woman who has massive experience inside the chamber,
02:06her third chamber match here tonight.
02:08She won back in 2023,
02:11which would earn her a WWE Championship match at WrestleMania.
02:16Way to the history of Elimination Chamber.
02:18Only one woman has won this match twice.
02:21That was Bianca Belair.
02:22Alexa Bliss, Asuka have an opportunity to tie her tonight.
02:26Well, nobody's doubting the pedigree of either woman.
02:29And I don't know if the Elimination Chamber is ready for Asuka,
02:33but Asuka is certainly ready for the Chamber,
02:36and indeed, Alexa Bliss.
02:51Alexa Bliss from Rio Grande, Rally, Texas,
02:55representing the Judgment Day, Raquel Rodriguez.
03:01For the third time in her career,
03:03Raquel Rodriguez steps inside Elimination Chamber.
03:06And this is a big night here tonight for the Judgment Day.
03:10We know that Liv Morgan,
03:11the winner of the Women's of the Royal Rumbleweight,
03:14will challenge Stephanie Bacare at WrestleMania for the world title.
03:17Raquel Rodriguez wins tonight.
03:20Another member of Judgment Day for a challenge for a championship,
03:23the WWE title at WrestleMania.
03:25Well, this is the Judgment Day,
03:27getting back to what they do best ever since Liv Morgan's return.
03:31All members exclusively focused on the acquisition of gold,
03:35and they can't make it at all.
03:37Judgment Day, a fair of WrestleMania at the top of the women's card.
03:44This is what you do!
03:46Yeah!
04:19I've said this before, and we're going to say it again.
04:22Google the word superstar, and Rhea Ripley's image will appear.
04:29Ripley Wade looking to win this match tonight
04:31and earn her fifth world championship match,
04:36five of them at WrestleMania.
04:38Yeah, it's been a dreadful 24 hours for Rhea Ripley.
04:42Just 24 hours ago, Louisville, Kentucky, the SmackDown.
04:45Rhea Ripley and Eosky lost the winnings tag team championships
04:49to the irresistible forces of Rhea Ripley.
04:54Undoubtedly, physically, beat up now,
04:56and perhaps with a loss of gold mentally, too.
04:59Yeah, I was going to say, how does last night's loss,
05:01if she got pinned in that match by Last Legend,
05:04how does last night's loss affect Rhea coming into tonight?
05:07It just wraps that pressure up.
05:09Rhea Ripley needs a marquee championship match at WrestleMania.
05:13She would have had that with tag gold.
05:15That's gone now.
05:16If Rhea Ripley does not win this match,
05:19she will not be having a marquee match at WrestleMania this year,
05:24and that is unthinkable.
05:32Making her lead to the ring,
05:35from Sioux City, Iowa,
05:39Kiana James!
05:41Wade, you and I have been touting the attributes of Kiana James
05:44for a number of months now.
05:46It's been an incredible couple of months for Kiana,
05:49back at the Royal Rumble.
05:50She lasted almost 30 minutes in the Rumble match.
05:54And then, of course,
05:55one of the biggest upsets, I believe,
05:57in SmackDown history,
05:59when she knocked off Nia Jax and Charlotte Flair,
06:01pinning the queen to qualify tonight.
06:03Yeah, not everybody gets handed the same opportunity
06:06right off the bat when it comes to WWE.
06:10Kiana has had to make meals out of crumbs at times,
06:14but she's more than done that.
06:15She's blown people's minds,
06:16shocked the world,
06:17when, as you mentioned,
06:18she defeated Charlotte and Nia to qualify for this.
06:22The truth is,
06:23Kiana James is flying under the radar in this match.
06:26None of the other five competitors
06:28are focused on Kiana James.
06:30Kiana wants to shock the world.
06:32She's in exactly the right place to do just that,
06:36although she's going to have to do it the hard way
06:38from the very start of this match.
06:41Kiana's rise in WWE was sidetracked
06:43with a very serious knee injury.
06:45It cost her over a year of her career.
06:47She told Yahoo Sports in an exclusive interview
06:49that she, well,
06:51wants to come back stronger than ever.
06:541% better in the ring every single day
06:58has helped her develop a mental toughness
07:01in that brick-by-brick approach to get better.
07:04What an opportunity for the woman who you claim
07:06will fly under the radar tonight.
07:09Yeah, as smart as they come,
07:10Kiana James knows the secret to success in this game
07:14is a competitive edge
07:15of that mega-brain of Kiana James
07:18that's done to her a real solid
07:20in her run on SmackDown so far.
07:23Can it launch her all the way to WrestleMania?
07:43And from Pryor Lake, Minnesota,
07:46Tiffany Stratton!
07:49Tiffany Stratton beat Chelsea Green
07:51in Last Legend to qualify for tonight.
07:53It's her second Chamber match in her career
07:55last year at the Chamber.
07:57She had a career highlight,
07:58she told me earlier today.
08:00That was the night she tagged
08:01with the Hall of Famer,
08:02the legendary Trish Stratus in Taraka.
08:04Ooh, well, 2025 as a whole
08:06was an absolute ballot year
08:08for Tiffany Stratton
08:11all the way up until she lost
08:14her Women's WWE Championship
08:17to one Jane Carvey on that.
08:19She got injured in the process of that loss
08:21and has been desperate to get a rematch
08:23with Cargill ever since.
08:25The real simple process,
08:27you just have to win the Chamber
08:29from the very start,
08:31then you get your day with destiny
08:33with Jane Cargill.
08:48Mot subject!
09:21Introducing first from Columbia, South Carolina, playing in F2, 140 pounds, Trey Williams!
09:33The man who has taken Friday night SmackDown by Storm.
09:38He beat Carmelo Hayes and Damian Breeze to qualify for the Elimination Chamber match.
09:45And Trey Williams' weight has had some success here in Chicago.
09:48He beat Ethan Page for the NXT Championship back in 2024 when CM Punk was a special guest referee.
09:57Yeah, there's a whole lot of strength to Trey Williams, but the biggest strength of all for him has to
10:03be this innate confidence.
10:05There is no stage too big, there is no spotlight too bright.
10:11One moment it will be between Willy to book his ticket for Mania.
10:37Next, from Los Angeles, California, weighing in at 240 pounds.
10:47The sentimental favorite here tonight, LA Knight enters the chamber for the second time in his career.
10:54He knocked off the Visions, Austin Theory and Penta to qualify for this match tonight.
10:59And you think Trey Williams has confidence?
11:01What about LA Knight?
11:03Oh man, what an energy battle that is between these two from this crowd.
11:09The roof lifted up like Trick Willy Edson.
11:12And it might have now gone off the orbit.
11:15Because the Megastar is here in Chicago and he's looking to take it all.
11:24Night will be locked in a pod.
11:44Night will be locked in a pod once and I still didn't win.
11:58Night will be locked in a pod.
12:04Night will be locked in a pod.
12:08Night will be locked in a pod.
12:13Night will be locked in a pod.
12:16Night will be locked in a pod.
12:17Night will be locked in a pod.
12:18Night will be locked in a pod.
12:18Night will be locked in a pod.
12:18Logan Paul!
12:20A lot to break down here.
12:22First off, last night on Friday Night SmackDown,
12:25Jey Uso, who was supposed to be in this spot in the chamber,
12:28was attacked by an unknown assailant,
12:31not medically cleared to be a part of this tonight.
12:33So general manager Nick Aldis made a match for the main event.
12:37Logan Paul versus Jacob Batu.
12:39The winner would qualify tonight.
12:42Well, there were some shenanigans.
12:43That masked man who's been trying to take out the vision for weeks
12:47actually was unmasked by Logan Paul,
12:49and it was nobody.
12:51Yeah, and I'll say right now,
12:53that was an ineffective attack in the first place
12:56from the masked man,
12:58and I've got to think that is a copycat.
13:00I've not heard anything official.
13:02We'll wait to see for sure.
13:07We now know the final man in the pot of the chamber,
13:10and we know the two medals start.
13:18Next, from St. Louis, Missouri,
13:21weighing in at 280 pounds,
13:25the Viper, Randy Orton!
13:29You know, Wade, Randy Orton sets a record tonight
13:32entering his 10th elimination chamber match in his career.
13:36He won one back in 2014
13:38when he retained the world championship.
13:41He has eight career eliminations,
13:44second all time.
13:44And listen to this.
13:45If Randy Orton lasts more than four minutes in this match,
13:49he will shatter John Cena's record
13:51for the most time ever spent
13:53in elimination chamber matches in their career.
13:56Yeah, that is a true veteran.
14:01Very little throws the Viper off his game at this point.
14:04Although I will mention,
14:06that in recent weeks of SmackDown,
14:08Randy Orton has had numerous problems
14:10problems with a certain Alistair Black.
14:12Now, Alistair Black has been trying to get into the head of the Viper,
14:15implying that Randy now lacks the killer instinct
14:20at this point in his career
14:22to put down a longtime friend such as a Cody Rhodes,
14:26who is also going to be in this match with the Viper.
14:29It would be very interesting if those two were in the ring
14:32at the same point at some time in this match.
14:35Randy Orton's had quite the history in Chicago.
14:37Back in 2010, he won the WWE Championship here.
14:42Won the World Heavyweight title here in Chicago back in 2007,
14:47as Mr. Heyman stares at us here.
14:49Stares at you.
14:51Stares at you.
14:51I don't offend Mr. Heyman.
14:53You regularly do.
14:54Austin Theory out here as well.
14:57And remember, the vision has fallen on hard times as of late.
15:00Ron Breaker, of course, out of action after surgery.
15:04And Watson Reed needs surgery as well for a torn biceps.
15:08Borgias perhaps now turning around.
15:10That's the Logan's qualification.
15:13Decimed by some bad moment.
15:15All changed tonight if Logan is victorious.
15:18But the Viper now staring down the newcomer,
15:21Slate Williams.
15:22They've had some issues overall SmackDown
15:24these past several weeks.
15:39I'm nervous.
15:40I'm nervous.
15:41The bouncy wave.
15:44The young blood, the young gin is here.
15:48Oh boy, oh boy, does he make me feel old.
15:51Taking his way to the ring from Greensboro, North Carolina.
15:55Weigh in at 195 pounds, Javon Williams.
16:05Javon Evans.
16:08I understand the pressure gets to you.
16:09It happens to the best of us wins.
16:11Yeah, it's a long night.
16:11It's a long couple of nights.
16:12But nonetheless, you ought to feel old.
16:15This young man wasn't even born in 2002 when the Elimination Chamber debuted.
16:23He wasn't born to his 2000 in 2004.
16:26He's 21 years old.
16:27I'm starting to hate Javon Evans with stats like that.
16:31I mean, how can one guy get all the luck?
16:34How can you get to this level at the age of just 21 years?
16:38He's even a nice guy.
16:39He knocks the guy's mouth, goes back for it.
16:41Man, nothing is really fazing this young man.
16:45But here's the problem for Javon Evans.
16:47And it's twofold.
16:48Number one, he's got to kick this thing off from the very beginning.
16:51That is a long match.
16:52And that is a lot of damage that you will absorb inside the chamber if you're going to go the
16:58distance.
16:58Number two, he doesn't know what he doesn't know.
17:02And he's about to find out once he hits that steal.
17:04But think about this, Wade.
17:05Look at what this young man's accomplished over the past couple of months.
17:08He was the Iron Man in his first ever Royal Rumble match when he lasted nearly 41 minutes.
17:14And then in order to qualify, he beat the Intercontinental Champion and AAA Mega Champion Dominic Mysterio
17:21and the career killer Gunther to earn this opportunity tonight.
17:26Yeah, and it's a similar story to flying Gunther the radar.
17:29Look at him.
17:30What are you doing?
17:31He has no fear.
17:32You don't climb up and on the top.
17:34You're going to get in there, Javon.
17:36He has no fear.
17:37Can you imagine what he's going to be capable of inside the chamber?
17:40Let's go.
17:52Let's go.
17:54Let's go.
17:56Let's go.
18:25And from Atlanta to Georgia,
18:28weighing in at 222 pounds,
18:32the American Nightmare, Cody Rhodes!
18:37It is Cody Rhodes' final opportunity
18:41to get to the WWE Championship match at WrestleMania.
18:47Cody Rhodes admitted, Wade, he hears it.
18:50He said some crowds are home crowds and others are away crowds.
18:55He wasn't sure what he would get in Chicago tonight.
18:58But he says he can't worry about that.
19:00He's got a focus on the task at hand,
19:02and that is eliminating five other men to get to WrestleMania.
19:07Might be the most pressure.
19:09Cody Rhodes has found for a long time.
19:11And this is QB1.
19:19And I don't know if you can be QB1 of this entire industry
19:25if you are not competing for a major championship at WrestleMania.
19:30If Cody loses here today, he will not be.
19:33Our questions will start us around who exactly is the leader in this entire industry.
19:40He beats Sami Zayn and Jacob Pottu to qualify for this match tonight.
19:44It is the first time in 14 years Cody Rhodes has stepped foot inside the chamber.
19:50But this is a much different Cody Rhodes
19:52than the one that stepped in the chamber 14 years ago.
19:54Tell me what to do.
19:58Tell me what to do.
19:58Tell me what to do.
19:59Tell me what to do.
20:00Oh, it's really holy fiber.
20:04Got the chuck with a ring defense.
20:07Bam!
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